Archive for August, 2013

Baltimore Ravens legend Ray Lewis has teamed up with inescapable ‘man of the moment’ – Pharrell Williams – for a unique new project with Under Armour. A shared interest in music production has yielded Natural Born Hitters, a new music experience that allows listeners to share, download, and submit beats for Under Armour’s forthcoming “Ready For August ” commercial – airing on September 23 during NBC’s Monday Night Football. Users can create a song via either the Natural Born Hitters web-based app and then can submit their own on the NBH website. Aspiring producers should get familiar with the contest on the site, then below, peep the three songs Pharrell himself produced for the Natural Born Hitters mixtape.

Reebok held their Reebok Classic Event in Las Vegas a brought Rick Ross to host the concert. Rozay hit the stage for “FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt” before heading to Rain for the MMG and Reebok private suite after party.

After teaming up earlier this summer to craft an exclusive collaboration for BLACK SENSE MARKET, mastermind JAPAN and uniform experiment have come together once again. Featuring a tote, a pair of rigid denim, a tee, and a stole, the range also includes a corresponding edition of Alpha Industries’ modern “Tight Fit” take on the classic MA-1. If the co-branded pieces look familiar, there’s a reason: the BLACK SENSE MARKET offering was an all-black iteration of these same executions. Now appearing in navy, the mastermind JAPAN x uniform experiment collaboration for Fall/Winter 2013 is due out August 31 at SOPH. dealers.

The buzz has only continued to grow around the Canon Powershot N Digital Camera since we first previewed it back in July, offering a solution to all of those fuzzy, low-quality pictures that dominate our Facebook albums. Literally created to have a direct connection to the social media site via a dedicated Facebook connect button, the photos you take on the Powershot N will directly upload to your personal account to share via its built-in WiFi capability. And, if that wasn’t enough, you can then follow-up and add captions and comment on the photos and videos after they’ve posted to help you share even more with friends and family. Inside the 2.8-inch LCD touch and flip-screen enabled housing, there lies a DIGIC 5 Image Processor and a 12.1 MPx High Sensitvity CMOS sensor that works through the 28mm wide angle lens with 8x opitical zoom. You also have the option to track subjects in real time through a touch-screen controlled shutter and record in Full HD. Expected to release this September, you can purchase the Powershot N (in only one color) for 9 a pop. Feel free to learn more on its own dedicated Canon site.

In support of STRFKR’s February 2013 release of Miracle Mile, this week the Portland band let loose a new visual for project cut, “While I’m Alive.” The intriguing clip was directed by David Fine and features a somewhat interesting cast. Throughout the footage, you will see a variety of dance routines, as an elderly man’s house is seemingly taken over. Don’t worry, though. The man eventually gets in on the act and throws down on some moves himself. To check the off-kilter aesthetic out now, simply see above. Do you have a copy of STRFKR’s most recent album?

Sir J of the Juice’s new album Stay Trippy impacts stores (and iTunes) this Tuesday, August 27th. And if you haven’t already, you can stream the entire thing here. That is, if you’re money throwing game is on point, and the strippers stay on the pole. PREVIOUS: Sean Paul – Entertainment (rmx) f. Juicy J, [...]More >

Japanese retao;er And A presents its 2013 fall/winter menswear lookbook titled “Town and Country.” The lookbook presents a number of unique looks incorporating select pieces from And A’s upcoming offerings including several collaborative pieces done with the likes of Caminando, LABRAT, and gramicci to name a few. With looks spanning the range from prep to skater and outdoorsman, there’s a lot to draw from here. Shop the collection here.

Mayham returns to Chicago this weekend as director Michael Bay films another destructive sequence in the Windy City for the upcoming Transformers 4 sequel. While set photographer captured a peaceful moment of actors Jack Reynor, Mark Wahlberg, assistant cameraman Casey “Walrus” Howard, John Kairis, camera operator Lukasz Bielan, along with director Michael Bay and Director of Photography Amir Mokri on top of a Cybertron relic, news channel NBC 5 Chicago captured wrecks and explosions strewn all over McCormack Place. Movie site ComingSoon.net also discovered through unnamed sources that Bay will be filming scenes involving the Dinobots as well. We can only imagine how great a CGI-generated Grimlock would look on the silverscreen…